Girls in Science, Engineering and Mathematics

From: Linda Purrington (lpurring@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Apr 08 1999 - 12:40:36 EDT


High school girls programs in computing
Girls in Science, Engineering and Mathematics
NSF Sponsored Workshop
Improving and Assessing the Impact of Programs to Encourage
High School Girls to Pursue Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
> >
August 5 - 7, 1999
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> >This will be a two and a half day workshop for people who are currently
> >involved in the design and/or implementation of a program to encourage
> >the interest and success of high school age women in pursuing higher
> >education and careers in science, engineering, and mathematics. The
> >workshop has two major goals:
> >
> >1) to provide an opportunity for the participants to share
> >strategies and experience (failures and successes) in order to improve
> >the design of such programs; and
> >
> >2) to develop an assessment plan that can reasonably be applied
> >nationwide, collecting long term follow-up data on students who apply
> >to such programs (including non-participating applicants) that will
> >allow combination of the results from several programs in order to
> >determine larger effects than can be determined from the small sample
> >represented by each individual program.
> >
> >*** This workshop is FREE to all participants and there is money to
> >provide a modest stipend and to offset travel costs as well. IF YOU ARE
> >INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, please: 1) contact Ruth Davis NOW;
> >and 2) by May 30, submit a position paper addressing one or more of
> >the following (non-exclusive list of) topics:
> > * successful design of a program to encourage high school girls
> > in SEM
> > * specific activities that work
> > * pitfalls to avoid
> > * assessment of short term success
> > * long term assessment
> >
> >Papers (maximum of ten pages) may be sent via email to: rdavis@scu.edu
> >And via snail mail to: Ruth E. Davis, Computer Engineering Dept.,
> >Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053
> >
> >*** MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON ***
> >If you wish to be on my mailing list, please send me your contact
> >information NOW! (I will not burden systers with another mass mailing.)
> >
> >Ruth E. Davis
> >rdavis@scu.edu
> >(408) 554-4358
> >fax: (408) 554-5474

Posted by Linda Purrington
Title IX Advocates
lpurring@earthlink.net



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